Machine for attaching buttons



(No Model.)

' 'E. WOODWARD.

- MAOHINE FOR ATTAOHING BUTTONS.

Elm-311,456. Patented Jan. 27, 1885'.

STATES ERASTUS WOODXVARD, OF SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO GEORGE W. PRENTICE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND,AND WILLIAM A. BOLAND, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING BUTTONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 311,456, dated January2'7, 1885.

Application filed August 2, 1883.

To (tZZ w7t0m it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERASTUS WOODWARD, of Somerville, county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inApparatus for Attaching Buttons to Boots and Shoes and other Articles,of which the following description, in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representinglike 10 parts.

This invention is an improvement on the button-setting machine shown anddescribed in application No. 94,977, to which reference may be had, andhas for its object to insure a I 5 more even and uniform delivery of thetacks or hails from the tack-receiver into the roadway of thetack-conductor. In the machine described in the said application thelower end of the taclcreceiver, or that end nearest the tack-conductor,had but two openings or outlets to permit the tacks to pass from themass of tacks into the roadway of the 0011- ductor; To produce a greaternumber of openings at the lower end of the receiver-,to permit a greaternumber of tacks to pass singly from the mass of tacks toward and intothe roadway,I have provided the said receiver with an auxiliarymouthpiece, composed of a plate having attached to it a series of pinsor studs, which terminate near but not in contact with the bottom of thereceiver, so that the heads of the tacks, their shanks standing upright,may pass between the said pins. I have also provided this receiver atits lower end with a 5 directing or funnel plate, to act upon and directthe tacks which pass through two or more spaces between the said pins,the tacks entering the spaces between the points of the directing orfunnel plate being made to enter the usual slots at the lower end of thereceiver, which communicate with the roadway, as in the saidapplication,the aim of my invention in this particular being to give thetacks greater facility to escape singly from the mass into and to morerapidly fill the roadway of the chute. Another feature of my inventionconsists in a detent located at the junction of the roadway, with thepassage in which the transferrer works to place the tack or nail inposition to be driven.

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Figure 1 is a top view of a tack or nail re; ceiver and conductorembodying my invention, the conductor being broken away near its lowerend to show the detent; Fig. 2, aseetion of Fig. 1 on the dotted line 0000, looking downward toward the lower or pivoted end of the receiver.Fig. 3 is an under side view of the auxiliary mouth-piece and itsattached pins or studs. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the lower end of thereceiver and the directing or funnel plate, and Fig. 5 is a detail ofthe de tent.

In this specification parts common to the application referred to willbe designated by like letters.

The tack or nail receiver F, pivoted at F and provided with a suitablehinged cover, and the tack-conductor D, having a roadway, 20, whichleads the tacks or nails 5 into the passage 4, in which the transferrerF slides to place a tack or nail in position to be driven, are allsubstantially as in the said application, and in practice the saidreceiver will be vibrated or shaken, as in the said application, and theend of the tack or nail conductor will be placed in position toco-operate with other parts, substantially as in the said application.My addition to the parts shown in the said application consists of thedirecting or funnel plate 80, provided with arms having inclined 8cedges, (see Fig. 4,)thus making a funnel-like passage, which isgradually contracted to direct the loose tacks or nails into the upperends of the two branches 19 19 of the roadway 20.

To readily provide the receiver with numerous openings, next to andagainst which the mass of tacks may rest, so that the tacks may enterthe said openings readily, thus permitting several tacks to start singlyfrom the re- 0 ceiver toward the roadway of the tack-conductor, haveprovided the plate 8l,which has attached to it a series of pins orstuds, 82, separated sufiiciently one fro m the other to permit thepassage singly of tacks between them, and 5 the lower ends of the saidpins terminate sufficiently above the bottom of the receiver to enablethe heads of the tacks, the latter standing upright, to pass under thepins. The plate 81, with its attached pins or studs, may be '2 waslifted from time to time to enable the operator to clear out thetack-receiver.

At the lower end of the roadway 20 I have made a groove, 4,whichintersects the groove 4, and in the former groove I have placed adetent, 84, and have provided a spring, 85, to keep the said detentpressed forward, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the tacks next to bedriven. will be detained there until acted upon by the usualtransferrer, F, located in the said passage 4, when the detent 84 (thehead of the tack acting against the shoulder 86 thereof) is pushedbackward against the spring 85,and thetack or nail so acted upon by thetransferrer is moved along in the channel or way 4 to the place where itwill be acted upon by the driver G. This detent prevents the possibilityof two tacks getting directly in front of the transferrer F, for thehead of the endmost tack oftheseries of tacks rests against the shoulder86, and cannot pass the said shoulder until acted upon by thetransferrer.

I claim- 1. The combination and arrangement, substantially as shown anddescribed, with the receiver F, provided with a mouth, and thetack-conductor, of the auxiliary mouth-piece,

consisting of the plate Sl,and the pins or wires 82,extending from thesame into the mouth of the receiver, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement, substantially as shown anddescribed, of the tackreceiver provided with a mouth, the tackconductorconnected to said receiver, the auxiliary mouth-piece of the receiver,composed of the plate 81, arranged in the mouth of said receiver, thepins or wires 82,depending,froni said plate, and the funnel or directingplate 80, for thepurpose set forth.

3. The combination and arrangement, substantially as shown anddescribed, with the tack-receiver and its attached conductor, of thedetent 84, having the shoulders 86, and held by a spring, 85, crosswiseof the roadway of the conductor in the groove 41 therein, for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERASTUS WOODWVARD.

' Witnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, B. J. N OYES.

